Parents visiting

Mali sme na návšteve našich aj s bratom. Prišli na päť dní a klamala by som, ak by som povedala, že som nemala z ich návštevy žiadne obavy. Hovoria veľmi málo po anglicky, nikdy neleteli....a už si ani nespomínam, kedy sme sa  naposledy zišli všetci štyria.

My parents and my big brother came for 5 days. And to be honest, I was quite worried about them being here. They speak very little English, they had never taken a plane before...and anyway, it had been ages we spent some time all four of us together.

Ale všetko prebehlo výborne, užili sme si aj anglické počasie a jedlo (hej, mali sme aj fish&chips, maminin komentár : "nikdy viac").


But it went all great, we had a nice time, enjoyed English weather and food (yep, we had fish&chips, comment from my mum : 'never more').

Myslela som, že iba moja mamči je taká, ale keď som počula kolegyňu líčiť nasledujúcu historku, uľavilo sa mi : "Po príchode z letiska hovorím mame, aby si oddýchla. Ešte som sa ani nestihla otočiť, už stála na kuchynskej linke a leštila zvrchu skrinky." Hej hej, poznáme. Tá moja je skôr na reorganizáciu: "Tuším by bolo lepšie, keby si mala hrnce tu a taniere tam. Spravím to?" Mamina, vzhľadom na to, že bola na dovolenke, varila len jeden krát denne a upiekla len jeden koláč. Nechápte ma zle, veľmi si to vážim a cením (a hej, chcela vymeniť taniere s pohármi). Ale aj tak, svoju rodinu by som za nič nevymenila a dúfam, že sa im podarí prísť znova.

I thought it was only my mum, but then I heard my colleague telling this story: "I told my mum to rest after the flight. The next time I saw her, she was standing on the kitchen workspace dusting the top of the cupboards." Yep, pretty familiar. Mine usually says "It would be better if you put the sauce pans here, and your plates there. Do you want me to do that for you?" My mum, considering being on holiday, cooked only once a day and baked only one cake. I'm very grateful for that, don't get me wrong.  And yes, she wanted to swap plates and glasses. Nevertheless, I love my family very much, I hope they will be able to visit again real soon.